Reading Now and Then

"There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom"

There is something about that title that makes the book appealing to both adults and kids. The author, Louis Sachar, understands humor and has been quoted as saying,

"I never write down to kids, and I never try to guess what they think will be funny. I write what I think is funny. I give them something to reach for, something to think about."

His style of writing is truely unique and one I have been a fan of since I was a young reader. I've read other books of his including the Sideways Stories from Wayside School series and Holes. Its interesting to me, as a young adult now, to read a book that I read as a kid because I see things completely differently. As I child, I thought that "There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom" was hilarious, but now I realize, as a future educator, that this book is so much more.